Cattle Crop Factory Farming Ruralism 
Daily Yonder
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
In that same span, the number of farmed acres dropped from almost 900 million acres to 880 million—a loss in area the size of all the New England states, minus Connecticut, Vilsack noted. The farm then creates a second source of income.” In other words, Vilsack argued, climate action could help save the American farm.
Food Tank
APRIL 29, 2024
Instead, the Wall Street Farm Bill directed most of the subsidies to incentivize overproduction of a handful of key commodities, particularly corn and soy. Under the New Deal Farm Bill, a farmer faced with low corn prices could switch to another crop or even idle a portion of farmland in exchange for financial support.
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Sustainable Food Trust
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
How can we best understand and relate to the farmer protests which are going on all over Europe, including down the road from our farm in West Wales? The retailers and food companies don’t even refer to buying crops anymore. They call themselves “offtakers”, which rather summarises their parasitic attitude toward the farmers.
Food Environment and Reporting Network
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Share Tweet This Story’s Impact 152 MILLION UNIQUE BROWSERS WORLDWIDE High Country News This article is part of FERN’s series Livestock and Rural Communities /.slide-intro By Chris Collins , February 13, 2020 Here are the rural residents who sued the world’s largest hog producer over waste and odors – and won.
Food Environment and Reporting Network
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Share Tweet This Story’s Impact 152 MILLION UNIQUE BROWSERS WORLDWIDE High Country News This article is part of FERN’s series Livestock and Rural Communities /.slide-intro By Chris Collins , February 13, 2020 Here are the rural residents who sued the world’s largest hog producer over waste and odors – and won.
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